27 CFR § 12.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s12.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 12.1 - Scope."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "12.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "FOREIGN NONGENERIC NAMES OF GEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE USED IN THE DESIGNATION OF WINES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "27 U.S.C. 205."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-296, 55 FR 17967, Apr. 30, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 12.1 Scope.

The regulations in this part relate to foreign names of geographic significance used in the designation of wines which are recognized as nongeneric under 27 CFR 4.24, and include those nongeneric names which the Administrator has found to be distinctive designations of wine, as defined in § 4.24(c)(1) of this chapter.